Explain the term "food chain." Give an example of a four-step land food chain
and a four-step water food chain.

Do all the requirements in FIVE of the following fields: Birds

In the field, identify eight species of birds.

Make and set out a birdhouse; OR a feeding station; OR a birdbath. List what birds used
it during 1 month.

Mammals

In the field, identify three species of wild mammals.

Make plaster casts of the tracks of a wild mammal.

Reptiles or Amphibians

Show that you can recognize the poisonous snakes in your area. Identify in the field
three species of reptiles or amphibians.

Recognize one species of toad or frog by voice; OR identify one reptile or amphibian by
eggs, den, burrow or other signs.

Insects or Spiders

Collect, mount, and label 10 species of insects or spiders.

Hatch an insect from the pupa or cocoon; OR hatch adults from nymphs; OR keep larvae
until they form pupae or cocoons; OR keep a colony of ants or bees through one season.

Fish

Catch and identify two species of fish.

Collect four kinds of animal food eaten by fish in the wild.

Mollusks and Crustaceans

Identify five species of mollusks and crustaceans.

Collect, mount, and label six shells.

Plants

In the field, identify 15 species of wild plants.

Collect and label seeds of six plants; OR the leaves of 12 plants.

Soils and Rocks

Collect and identify soils found in different layers of a soil profile.

Collect and identify five different types of rocks from your area.

Do ONE of the following:

Raise tadpoles from eggs; OR raise adults from tadpoles; OR keep an adult reptile or
amphibian so it stays healthy for 1 month.

Develop a simple aquarium with fish and plant life. Keep it so they stay healthy for 1
month.

Develop an aquarium. Keep in it two species of mollusks or crustaceans so they stay
healthy for 1 month.

Build a terrarium with three species of plants. Keep it so the plants stay healthy for 1
month.

Grow seeds for 1 month in two kinds of soil. Describe difference in rate of growth.

NOTE: Under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, some plants and
animals are or may be protected by federal law. The same ones or others may be protected
by state law. Be sure that you do not collect protected species.